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b. 1973, Kiskunhalas, Hungary |
Lives and works in Wichita, Kansas |
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Education |
2006 |
MFA, Painting, Rhode Island School
of Design, Providence, RI |
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Collegiate Teaching Certificate, Sheridan Center, Brown University,
Providence, RI |
2003 |
BA, Art Practice, University of California at
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA |
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Teaching |
2007- |
Assistant Professor, Painting and
Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS |
2013- |
Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS |
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Solo Exhibitions / Large Scale Projects |
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2019 |
“Elements (Wind) and Elements (Sun),” Wichita State University Innovation Campus, Wichita KS Installation of two site-specific large-scale public projects with a 2-year duration. (commissioned) |
2018 |
“The final cadence of the prelude,” Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN |
2017 |
"Top Five Most Viewed," installation of small body of work in Wichita, KS and Santa Rosa, CA |
2016 |
“Painting can be a vampire: Nate Cassie, Judy Rushin, Levente Sulyok,” Main Gallery (3 galleries), University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
2014 |
"Peripheral Vision," E B White Gallery, Butler Community College, El Dorado, KS |
2013 |
“Con•structed,” Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA |
2012 |
“All the Paranoid Monoliths,” Martina}{Johnston Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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“Small Pleasures," commission of interactive public project, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS (temporay installation: 2012-2016) |
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“Documenta Detour,” intervention and collaborative project during dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel, Germany |
2010 |
"Dynamism of Forms and Pathways of Desire," Art & Design Gallery, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS |
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"Dynamism... ," Gadis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX |
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"Dynamism... ," Wiedemann Gallery, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita KS |
2009 |
"Robert Bubp and Levente Sulyok: Places inside these lines not
committed," 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA (two-person show) |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2021 |
15th Curitiba Biennial, Curitiba, Brazil (invitational) |
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“It’s All Part of the Process: The XXIII Faculty Biennial,” Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
2020 |
"FOOT IN THE DOOR," Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS |
2019 |
“Teachable Moments: The XXII Faculty Biennial,” Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
2018 |
"Salina Biennial: Contemporary Art from the Mountain-Plains Region," Salina, KS |
2017 |
“Urban Green: artscarp,” Centre[3], Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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21th Faculty Biennale, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
2016 |
“BIA Highlights: 1st Asunción Biennial of International Art,” Clayton Staples Gallery, WSU, Wichita, KS |
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"Transit," mail art at undisclosed locations and for unspecified viewers, 3 US locations |
2015 |
1st Asunción Biennial, curated by Royce W Smith, Osvaldo Gonzalez Real and Dannys Montes de Oca, Asuncion, Paraguay |
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12th Havana Biennial, Collective Projects: “Between, Inside, Outside,, curated by Dannys Montes de Oca and Royce W Smith, Havana, Cuba |
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“Transmission,” Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
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“Everyday is Ordinary,” Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
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20th
Faculty Biennale, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
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“Sound & Color/Noise & Light,” Empire House Theatre and Frame Guild Gallery, Wichita, KS |
2014 |
“Dave Bown Projects 9th Semiannual Competition,” Dave Bown Projects, on-line exhibition, curated by Steven Matijcio, Dominic Molon, Marina Pacini |
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“Create. Innovate. Play.,” Kansas Board of Regents, Topeka, KS |
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“Verbing Painting,” Culturehall, on-line exhibition, curated by Christie Blizard |
2013 |
19th
Faculty Biennale, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
2012 |
Tria Gallery, New York City, NY |
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"Outpost," E B White Gallery, Butler Community College, El Dorado, KS |
2011 |
"Producing Censorship," curated by Aria Spinelli and Jason Waite, The Invisible Dog Art Center, New York City, NY |
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"Celeste Prize," juried by Eugene Tan and Sara Reisman, The Invisible Dog Art Center, New York City, NY |
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ART629, Ashbury Park, NJ |
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SICA 8, juried by Ken Tyburski, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ |
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"Borders: Visible and Invisible," juried by Samantha Rippner, Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY |
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The Affordable Art Fair, New York City, NY |
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18th
Faculty Biennale, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
2009 |
17th
Faculty Biennale, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
2008 |
"rEvolve," Diver Studios, Wichita, KS |
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"Third Coast National,"
K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christy, TX |
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2nd Annual "Ad Astra Per Aspera,"
Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS |
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"Brand 37: Works on Paper: Here
and Now," Brand Art Galleries, Glendale, CA |
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River City Biennale, Fisch Haus Studios,
Project Gallery and Heterotopia, Wichita, KS |
2007 |
"Night Blooms," Cirrus
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2006 |
MFA Thesis Show, RISD Museum, Providence,
RI |
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CAA Conference MFA Exhibition, Massachusetts
College of Art, Boston, MA |
2005 |
"ASAPainting," Sol Koffler
Gallery, Providence, RI |
2003 |
"Honors Studio Show,"
Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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"Senior Show," Worth Ryder
Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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"Honors Studio Show,"
Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
2002 |
Bay Area Artists,
Sway Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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"Profiles: Six Painters,"
Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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Lectures/Talks/Presentations |
2020 |
"Elemets," Artist Lecture on two public sculptures, School of ADCI, WSU, Wichita, KS |
2018 |
“Prelude,” Visiting Artist Lecture, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN |
2017 |
“In Retrospect,” Visiting Artist Lecture, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS |
2016 |
Visiting Artist Lecture, "Painting can be a vampire," University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
2015 |
Artist Lecture, “From Idea to Execution,” Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
2014 |
Gallery Talk, E B White Gallery, Butler Community College, El Dorado, KS |
2013 |
Wichita Art Chatter, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS |
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Arist Lecture, “Small Pleasures", Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA |
2011 |
Presenter, "Art and Con(texts): Thinking about Art, Situation, and Experience" from the session Visual Culture: Theories and Practices, Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX |
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Artist Dialogue with Raechell Smith, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
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Artist Lecture, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
2010 |
Visiting Artist Lecture, Sam Houston Sate University, Huntsville, TX |
2009 |
Gallery Talk, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA |
2008 |
Presenter, "Contemporary Notions of Place," from the session Visual Culture III, Place/Placelessness, Utopia/Dystopia, Popular Culture Association, San Francisco, CA |
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Awards, Prizes |
2020 |
College of Fine Arts, Special Fine Arts Endeavor Award, Wichita Sate University, KS |
2014 |
Dave Bown Projects - 9th Semiannual Competition, curated by Steven Matijcio, Dominic Molon, Marina Pacini |
2012 |
MURPA Grant (Multidisciplinary Research Project Award), Wichita State University, Wichita, KS |
2011 |
Finalist, Celeste Prize, juried by Eugene Tan and Sara Reisman, New York City, NY |
2010 |
College of Fine Arts, Excellence in Teaching Award, Wichita Sate University, KS |
2006 |
Finalist, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown,
MA |
2005 |
Nomination, Joan Mitchell Foundation, MFA Grant Awards in Visual Art |
2003 |
Certificate of Excellence in Painting, UC Berkeley, CA |
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Honor’s Studio Award for the Fall, UC Berkeley,
CA |
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Honor’s Studio Award for the Spring, UC
Berkeley, CA |
2001 |
Rotary Club Scholarship, Santa Rosa Junior College,
CA |
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Press |
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Note: Please see the 'text' tab for recent activity with links. |
2014 |
Christie Blizard, “Verbing Painting,” online exhibition essay, culturehall.com, Feb 5 essay |
2013 |
Alice Mannette, “‘Small Pleasures’ mini-gallery presents interactive, rotating artwork outside Ulrich Museum,” The Wichita Eagle, May 5 review |
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Lindsey Herkommer, “Small Pleasures,” KMUW public radio segment, March 2 review |
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“Levente Sulyok ‘De-Con-Structs’ the Reynolds Gallery,” bigmonkeygroup.com review |
2012 |
Alex Bigman, "Levente Sulyok's Pregnant Silences," East Bay Express, December 19, 2012 review |
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Farley Gwazda, exhibition notes for "All the Paranoid Monoliths" at Martina}{Johnston Gallery essay |
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Royce W. Smith, “On Biennales and Bullshit,” critical essay as a component of Documenta Detour, artistic intervention and collaborative project in Kassel, Germany essay |
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Rachel Epp Buller, "Postcards from the edge" exhibition catalog essay for the "Outpost" exhibition review |
2011 |
"Producing Censorship," exhibition catalog with critical texts by Aria Spinelli and Jason Waite |
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"Celeste Prize," exhibition catalogue with texts by Eugene Tan |
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Lynn Rozzi and Alison Guest, "Borders: Visible/Invisible" exhibition catalog essay for the "Borders: Visible/Invisible" exhibition |
2010 |
Royce W. Smith, "Activations and Con(texts): Cultural Defamiliarizations in the Art of Levente Sulyok," exhibition catalog essay for "Dynamism of Forms and Pathways of Desire" catalog |
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Studio Visit (Spring catalog), The Open Studio Press, juried by Steven Zevitas |
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Alyssa Dupree, “Art of Desire,” The Houstonian, September 7 |
2009 |
Exhibition announcement with images, Chico News
& Review, July 9 |
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Megan McCourt, "Two artists portray their interpretations
of place," ChicoER, July 9 |
2008 |
rEvolve: a Hack.Art.Lab project, visit link for video catalog: video |
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Kim Ables, "Works on Paper: Here & Now," Brand
37 Exhibition Catalog essay, September |
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Jim Johnson, "Levente Sulyok: Hungary For
More," Naked City, volume I issue X, September |
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Mande Braden, "Setting a Precedent: Art
Show a Go-Go," Review, August |
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Rachel Epp Buller, "Setting a Precedent:
The DIY Biennale," Review, August |
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Stacy Switzer, River City Biennale Exhibition Catalog essay, May |
2007 |
Night Blooms, Cirrus Gallery exhibition notes by Mark Galamco,
July |
2002 |
Cathy Cockrell, "When the body fails, how
do artists respond?" Berkeleyan, November 20 |
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